Description

Proper maintenance of equipment to reduce downtime and save money requires more than just replacing parts when they get broken. In fact, replacing a broken part with a new one is an expensive approach for maintaining equipment. To be effective, the maintenance technicians must know why a part has to change and must also have expert knowledge on the use and calibration of a device before installing any device or plant system.
This course is designed to help students to understand the principles of measurement for the proper monitoring and control of their equipment.
On completion of this course, students will have sound knowledge on how to run the plant systems and equipment efficiently and economically.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE

Electrical engineers

Electrical supervisors

Maintenance technicians

Managers in-charge of electrical installations

Project engineers

Control Technicians

Schedule/Planners

HVAC Technicians

High Performance Work-team Members

Instrumentation Technicians

Plant Managers & Supervisors

Electronic Technicians

COURSE OUTLINE

BASIC MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS

Accuracy

Range of operation

ADVANCE MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE TERMS AND SPECIFICATION

Hysteresis

Linearity

Repeatability

Response

P&ID SYMBOLS

Representation on Flow diagram

Letter code

A CASCADE CONTROL LOOP

Selection criteria

Typical Application

PRINCIPLE OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENT

Total pressure

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS MECHANICAL

Bourdon tube

Helix and spiral tubes

Spring and bellows

Diaphragm

Manometer

PRESSURE TRANSDUCER ELECTRICAL

Strain gauge

Vibrating wire

Piezoelectric

Linear variable difference transformer

Optical

LOCATION OF PROCESS CONNECTIONS

Use of Impulse tubing

Potential problem with impulse lines

Use of Mono block

IMPULSE ARRANGEMENT FOR STEAM FLOW

Purged flow on impulse line

Steam flow using steal plot

PRINCIPLE OF MEASUREMENT

Simple phase

Multiple phase

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT

Simple slight glass

Gauging Rod method

Wire guided float detectors

Hydrostatic pressure

VOLUME MEASUREMENT

Bubble Tube method

Weighing method

Ultrasonic methods

Radar measurement

ELECTRICAL LEVEL MEASUREMENT

Conductive Level Detector

Capacitive Level Measurement

Open Level Switch

CONTACT MEASUREMENT DEVICES

Thermocouple

RTD's

Thermistor

NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT DEVICE

Filled devices

Bimetallic

Infra-Red pyrometers

PRINCIPLE OF FLOW

Type of Flow

Basic terms and concepts

PRIMARY ELEMENT

Flow measurement

Concentric Orifice plate

Venturi tube

Pitot tube

SECONDARY ELEMENTS

Oscillatory flow measurement

Turbine flow meter

Variable area flow meter

Magnetic flow meter

Ultrasonic flow meter

NEW SMART INSTRUMENT AND FIELDBUS

HART

Application layer

Fieldbus

Noise and earthing

ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING SOURCES

Noise Reduction

Minimizing of Electrostatic coupling

MAGNETIC OR INDUCTIVE COUPLING

Magnetic coupling

Magnetic shield to reduce magnetic coupling

Impedance coupling

COUPLING INTERFERENCES

Electromagnetic interference

Ground loop interference

Single point grounding

SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES

Material Construction

Linearization

INTEGRATION SYSTEM

Selection Procedure

Testing and Commissioning of the subsystem

Investment

Plan Name

Investment

Unlimited Access for 2 Years:

US$ 149.00

Instructor

John Piperides

John is a professional electrical engineer with over 25 years experience in industrial maintenance, production, management, sales and improvement. He has held management positions in several manufacturing and sales companies. His diverse responsibilities have included contract negotiation, authoring and responsibility of departmental budgets, daily management of over 20 reports, practice of cGMP, auditing in a pharmaceutical plant, and system administration and programming of diverse IT and embedded systems. He has been directly involved with industries including building management, pest control, mining, power utilities, food, pharmaceutical, steel, building products, sugar, paper and pulp, rail and airports.

John has completed many years of further education including developing, writing and delivering many work based courses and seminars. He has spent 10 years as a part time teacher at TAFE in electrical engineering, and 15 years delivering structured courses in thermography, power quality, instrument safety, motor drive theory, PLC, SCADA, and pest inspection

Proper maintenance of equipment to reduce downtime and save money requires more than just replacing parts when they get broken. In fact, replacing a broken part with a new one is an expensive approach for maintaining equipment. To be effective, the maintenance technicians must know why a part has to change and must also have expert knowledge on the use and calibration of a device before installing any device or plant system.
This course is designed to help students to understand the principles of measurement for the proper monitoring and control of their equipment.
On completion of this course, students will have sound knowledge on how to run the plant systems and equipment efficiently and economically.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE

Electrical engineers

Electrical supervisors

Maintenance technicians

Managers in-charge of electrical installations

Project engineers

Control Technicians

Schedule/Planners

HVAC Technicians

High Performance Work-team Members

Instrumentation Technicians

Plant Managers & Supervisors

Electronic Technicians

COURSE OUTLINE

BASIC MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS

Accuracy

Range of operation

ADVANCE MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE TERMS AND SPECIFICATION

Hysteresis

Linearity

Repeatability

Response

P&ID SYMBOLS

Representation on Flow diagram

Letter code

A CASCADE CONTROL LOOP

Selection criteria

Typical Application

PRINCIPLE OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENT

Total pressure

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS MECHANICAL

Bourdon tube

Helix and spiral tubes

Spring and bellows

Diaphragm

Manometer

PRESSURE TRANSDUCER ELECTRICAL

Strain gauge

Vibrating wire

Piezoelectric

Linear variable difference transformer

Optical

LOCATION OF PROCESS CONNECTIONS

Use of Impulse tubing

Potential problem with impulse lines

Use of Mono block

IMPULSE ARRANGEMENT FOR STEAM FLOW

Purged flow on impulse line

Steam flow using steal plot

PRINCIPLE OF MEASUREMENT

Simple phase

Multiple phase

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT

Simple slight glass

Gauging Rod method

Wire guided float detectors

Hydrostatic pressure

VOLUME MEASUREMENT

Bubble Tube method

Weighing method

Ultrasonic methods

Radar measurement

ELECTRICAL LEVEL MEASUREMENT

Conductive Level Detector

Capacitive Level Measurement

Open Level Switch

CONTACT MEASUREMENT DEVICES

Thermocouple

RTD's

Thermistor

NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT DEVICE

Filled devices

Bimetallic

Infra-Red pyrometers

PRINCIPLE OF FLOW

Type of Flow

Basic terms and concepts

PRIMARY ELEMENT

Flow measurement

Concentric Orifice plate

Venturi tube

Pitot tube

SECONDARY ELEMENTS

Oscillatory flow measurement

Turbine flow meter

Variable area flow meter

Magnetic flow meter

Ultrasonic flow meter

NEW SMART INSTRUMENT AND FIELDBUS

HART

Application layer

Fieldbus

Noise and earthing

ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING SOURCES

Noise Reduction

Minimizing of Electrostatic coupling

MAGNETIC OR INDUCTIVE COUPLING

Magnetic coupling

Magnetic shield to reduce magnetic coupling

Impedance coupling

COUPLING INTERFERENCES

Electromagnetic interference

Ground loop interference

Single point grounding

SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES

Material Construction

Linearization

INTEGRATION SYSTEM

Selection Procedure

Testing and Commissioning of the subsystem

Plan Name

Investment

Unlimited Access for 2 Years:

US$ 149.00

John Piperides

John is a professional electrical engineer with over 25 years experience in industrial maintenance, production, management, sales and improvement. He has held management positions in several manufacturing and sales companies. His diverse responsibilities have included contract negotiation, authoring and responsibility of departmental budgets, daily management of over 20 reports, practice of cGMP, auditing in a pharmaceutical plant, and system administration and programming of diverse IT and embedded systems. He has been directly involved with industries including building management, pest control, mining, power utilities, food, pharmaceutical, steel, building products, sugar, paper and pulp, rail and airports.

John has completed many years of further education including developing, writing and delivering many work based courses and seminars. He has spent 10 years as a part time teacher at TAFE in electrical engineering, and 15 years delivering structured courses in thermography, power quality, instrument safety, motor drive theory, PLC, SCADA, and pest inspection